Is your broadband connection a turtle or a rabbit? Some consumer tools for dealing with a slow internet connection?
Is your internet connection slower than Congress trying to pass health reform? If so, here is some good news. There are some new and useful tools to help you deal with your dragging broadband.
Just recently, the Federal Communications Commission unveiled some digital tools that might help....although they also help the FCC monitor the broadband market. You can find this tool here.
But wait! There's other options. We use the following broadband tools:
The FCC's tools are a bit more useful because they give the government some important data that it will be using to maek sure that the broadband markets are functioning properly. In addition to giving you speedtests for your computer, it also boasts a mobile version and a fixed version. The mobile version is available through Apple and Android Application stores, while the fixed version is available at www.broadband.org. And it has a Broadband Dead Zone Report enables Americans to submit the street address location of a broadband “dead zone,” as long as they can see it from their porch in Alaska.
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